At the events you will get information about the following Medicaid programs.

STAR

You might be in the STAR program if you:

Get cash help (TANF)

Are a child 18 or younger

Are pregnant

Are in a family with a low household income

In STAR, you get basic medical services, like doctor visits and medicines,
through a health plan and a main doctor or primary care provider.

STAR Kids

STAR Kids is a Texas Medicaid program for children and adults 20 and younger who have disabilities, receive
Supplemental Security Income, or get waiver services through one of the Texas Medicaid waiver programs listed below:

The Medically Dependent Children Program (MDCP)

Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS)

Deaf/Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD)

Home and Community-based Services (HCS)

Texas Home Living (TxHmL)

Youth Empowerment Services (YES)

Along with regular Medicaid services, STAR Kids offers long-term services and supports if you need them.
Long-term services and supports include things like help in your home with basic daily activities.

STAR+PLUS

You might be in the STAR+PLUS program if you:

Are 65 or older

Are 21 or older and get Supplemental Security Income

Are in the Medicaid Breast and Cervical Cancer program

In STAR+PLUS, you get basic medical services – like doctor visits and medicines – and long-term services and supports – like
personal caretaker services – through a health plan. People who have Medicare and Medicaid can be in STAR+PLUS but they will
continue to get their basic medical services from
Medicare and their long-term services and supports through their STAR+PLUS health plan.

STAR+PLUS also serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who live in community-based intermediate care
facilities for individuals with an intellectual disability or related conditions (ICF-IID), or who get services through an IDD waiver
program and don't have Medicare.

Most children and young adults 20 and younger enrolled in Medicaid will get dental services
through a dental plan and a main dentist.

Texas Health Steps

Texas Health Steps is health care for children from birth through age 20 who have Medicaid. Texas Health Steps gives your
child free medical checkups starting at birth, and free dental checkups starting at 6 months of age.
Checkups can help find health problems before they get worse and harder to treat.

Call Texas Health Steps if You:

Need help finding a doctor or dentist

Need help setting up a checkup

Have questions about checkups or Texas Health Steps

Need help getting a ride to a checkup

Need a case manager to help you find and get other services

Call Texas Health Steps toll-free 1-877-847-8377 (1-877-THSTEPS) or go to MyChildrensMedicaid.org to learn more about Medicaid and Texas Health Steps.

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired, call 7-1-1 or 1-800-735-2989.

Email TXMedicaidEvents@maximus.com
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